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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Changes in curriculum - supplementary aides or equipment - and provision of specialized facilities that allow students to participate in educational environment to fullest extent possible.






2. 1930 - Psychologist and teacher in New York; along with Samuel T. Orton at Columbia University - developed a non-traditional approach to teaching written language skills. Trained one teacher at a time. began working with Sally Childs and trained 50 t






3. The ability to translate print to speech with rapidity and automaticity that allows the reader to focus on meaning.






4. A type of test score that is calculated based on the age that an average person earns a given score within the tested population.






5. A student with mastery can utilize the information successfully - but may struggle or need to call upon learning strategies to do so.






6. Was a major change in the pronunciation of the English language that took place in England between 1350 and 1500.[1] This was first studied by Otto Jespersen (1860-1943) - a Danish linguist and Anglicist - who coined the term. Because English spellin






7. Participate in classroom discussions - make speeches/presentations - use tape records during lectures - read text out loud - create musical jingles - create mnemonics to aid memorization - discuss ideas verbally






8. Pre-reading - Oral Language Development

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9. The curved line placed beneath c to indicate its "soft" or (s) pronunciation - as opposed to its hard or (k) pronunciation. Students use the coding on c before the letters e - i - or y (the softeners) - to remind themselves to pronounced the (s) soun






10. Aspect of language concerned with meaning. Curriculum should include comprehension of written language.






11. Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic/Tactile






12. A spoken or written unit that must have a vowel sound and that may include consonants that precede or follow that vowel. Syllables are units of sound made by one impulse of voice.






13. Students proceed trough predictable stages of learning to reading.

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14. Comprehensive end-of-year exams - reflecting the specific subject matter outlines in the curriculum.






15. Proceeds from the part to the whole.Reading is driven by the text. Emphasizes the written or printed text. Flesch - Gough - LaBerge and Samuels.






16. Instruction must include the six basic types of these and the division rules.






17. Ability to think reason and solve problems. Skills are usually measured by an individual test of intelligence/IQ test. Requires being able to generalize from past experience and use that knowledge to respond to new situations.






18. Academic Language Therapy Association






19. Anglo-Saxon - Latin - Greek






20. Set of principles that dictate the sequence and function of words in a sentence in order to convey meaning - must include grammar - sentence types - and mechanics of language






21. Understanding of the internal linguistic structure of words






22. An affix attached to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of that word.






23. Present the whole and teaches how this can be broken down into component parts.






24. Test of Word Reading Efficiency. Screening test. measures an individual's ability to pronounce printed words accurately and fluently. Generates percentiles - standard scores - age equivalents - and grade equivalents.Decoding - Sight words






25. Closed syllable






26. A step taken by school personnel to determine which students are at risk for not meeting grade level standards.






27. Any learning activity that includes 2 or more sensory modalities simultaneously to take in or express information.






28. The flat diacritical mark above a vowel in a send picture or phonic/dictionary notation that indicates a long sound.






29. Involve at least two people. It includes the ability to maintain eye contact - understand body language of others - take turns in a conversation - stick to the subject - and use oral language appropriate for the situation.






30. Paired association between letters and letter sounds; an approach to teaching of reading and spelling that emphasizes sound-symbol relationships - especially in early instruction.






31. The writing system of a language. Correct or standardized spelling according to established usage.






32. The knowledge of the various sounds in the English language and their correspondence to the letter or letters that represent those sounds.






33. Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing. Screening test. test phonological awareness - phonological memory - rapid naming...norms given in Percentiles - Standard Scores - Age and Grade Equivalents






34. A syllable ending with a long vowel sound. (labor - freedom)






35. Open syllable






36. The number of words a student can read correctly in a given period of time.






37. Are standardized and measure your progress and achievements as a student.






38. Explicitly teaches strategies and techniques for studying texts and acquiring meaning






39. Federal Law. Nondiscrimination on the basis of handicap in programs receiving federal $$ - Civil Rights Law - to protect people with disabilities by allowing full participation in the workplace.






40. Take frequent study breaks - move around to learn new things - work at a standing position - chew gum while standing - listen to music while studying - skim material first then read in detail






41. The percentage is defined to include scores in a specified distribution that fall below the point at which a given score lies.






42. Phonemic Awareness - Phonics - Vocabulary Development - Reading Fluency - including oral reading skills - Reading Comprehension Strategies






43. Taught visual to auditory - Taught auditory to visual - Students should also master blending of sounds into words and as well segmenting whole words into individual sounds.






44. State Board of Education Rule - District Board of Trustees must make sure dyslexia procedures are given to the district. - District must use SBOE approved strategies for screening and treating dyslexia






45. The term is also used for the language now called Old English - spoken and written by the ________ and their descendants in much of what is now England and some of southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century.






46. The ability to organize thoughts and express them verbally to convey meaning to others






47. Reading can be learned as naturally as speaking - reading is focused on constructing meaning from texts using children's books rather than basal or controlled readers - reading is best learned in the context of the group - phonics is taught indirectl






48. A word made from a base word by the addition of one or more affixes






49. A word to which affixes are added. A base word can stand alone.






50. A standardized test designed to efficiently measure the amount of knowledge and/or skill a person has acquired - usually as a result of classroom instruction. Such testing produces a statistical profile used as a measurement to evaluate student learn